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Kiefer Sutherland Pleads Out

Posted Oct 9th 2007 6:53PM by TMZ Staff

kiefer sutherlandKiefer Sutherland has just copped a plea in his DUI case.

Sutherland did not appear, however -- his high-powered lawyer, Blair Berk, showed up in downtown L.A. and entered a no contest plea to one count of DUI -- driving with a .08 or higher.

This is Kiefer's second DUI conviction. Back in 2004, he pled no contest to driving with a .22 blood alcohol level and was sentenced to five years probation. Today's plea means Kiefer violated probation and could be sentenced to a year-and-a-half in the slammer.

Get this -- the judge who was supposed to hear the case was Michael Sauer, the same judge who nailed Paris Hilton. Sauer was on vacation today and the ever-wise Berk was able to get the case transferred to Judge Stuart Rice.

Judge Rice will sentence Kiefer on December 21. Kiefer's probation is revoked pending the future hearing.

Kiefer has been ordered not to drive between November 9 and the December hearing.



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16. Ziggy-as an American - where you gonna deport him to????

Posted at 6:27AM on Oct 10th 2007 by T Grantham

17. Leave the man alone!...The judges are doing what the law tells them to do...Anyone else out there if they could plead out ...they would too!
Go to court sometime and listen to what sentences are handed down to people who have done much worse than Kiefer!
AND Kiefer is a great name!

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Posted at 9:52AM on Oct 10th 2007 by Dream

18. AND >>>> Kiefer does have commitments that have to be met. I bet you won't hear him whining or crying in public about it...

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Posted at 9:58AM on Oct 10th 2007 by Dream

19. OMG OMG !!!

B. RULE WAS FIRST!! EVERYONE LISTEN UP!!! B.RULE WAS FIRST!!!!
HE'S COME SUCH A LONG WAY AND THRU SOME TOUGH TIMES!!!!
WE'D THOUGHT HE'D NEVER BE FIRST AT ANYTHING!!!
BUT NOW HE'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE HERE!
HE WAS FIRST!!!!!

AND RAE??? SORRY HONEY #3 AIN'T GOING FAR IN THIS TOWN!

Posted at 11:26AM on Oct 10th 2007 by SaTan

20. Kiefer is one of the most grounded stars out there. This totally sucks especially for all us "24" fans. Granted he is going to jail during the Christmas break for the show but who wants to spend Christmas there. Can't keep me from watching "24" or any other thing Kiefer has been in. He Rocks!!

Posted at 12:11PM on Oct 10th 2007 by Kim in Chi-Town

21. Kiefer is the best. Give him a break, he is doing the right thing.

Posted at 2:10PM on Oct 10th 2007 by Connie

22. HE'S CANADIAN.........NOT AN AMERICAN.............WE HAVE ENOUGH IDIOTS THAT D&D..........OBVIOUSLY EVEN MORE THAT DEFEND THIS TYPE OF BEHAVOIR.......DEPORT HIM.

Posted at 6:32PM on Oct 10th 2007 by Ziggy

23. Just in case you didn't realize, Ziggy, we don't deport Canadians who are of service to the American community. Who the hell are you to judge, anyway?

What craziness do you hide so that people can judge and condem you? If you are wanting to DEPORT someone, deport yourself. Your attitude sucks! When humans cannot fogive each other, that make them less than a dog. Dogs forgive their owners after they've been beaten, and go crawling back to them on bended knees. GROW UP!!

Posted at 12:49AM on Oct 11th 2007 by listen-up

24. The last time I checked, alcholism was a disease! These people need help. When you drink, you have no clue or judgement. And anyone who lets someone drink and drive, should also be held responsible, like the bar owners, bartenders, friends and anyone else in a bar watching someone drink and letting them drive away. Keifer wasn't rip-roaring drunk, weaving down the street. I'm so happy all you people are so perfect and never made mistakes. Perhaps, if Donald ever gave him the time of day, he wouldn't have a drinking problem! He's a wonderful actor and ask anyone, he's a nice, generous, [polite] [canadian word-look it up] guy.Look what all you fine people did to dixie chicks....and they were right. Where's your compasion for a guy with a disease or do you think badly of all people with diseases! Drinking and driving is wrong but I'll still watch 24 and Keifer!

Posted at 1:45AM on Nov 25th 2007 by dianne

25. do you have any idea how hard addictions are or how they work? Apparently not. Keifer is hounded all the time. Deport yourselves. You have no clue how many actors are canadian down there. If the canadian actors all left, you guys would be left with brittney and paris!

Posted at 1:53AM on Nov 25th 2007 by dianne in canada

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